LibriVox recording of The Young Carthaginian by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Stephen Gibbons; Ravi Shankar; Lynne Thompson; Ralph Crown; Brett G. Hirsch; Arnie Horton; deongines; Edward Kirkby; Paige G; Brett W. Downey Typically, Henty's heroes are boys of pluck in troubled times, and this is no different. Detailed research is embellished with a vivid imagination, especially in this novel set in the Punic wars, about which knowledge is limited: "...certainly we had but a...
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A Soldier's Daughter, and Other Stories - G. A Project Gutenberg ref: 48297 epub Three stories of girls
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LibriVox recording of Under Drake's Flag: A Tale Of The Spanish Main by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Lynne Thompson; Mike Pelton; meridiculous; Fiddlesticks; deongines; Gabriela Cowan; Paul Simonin; KHand An exciting tale set on the high seas, in a period ruled by exploration, with the ever-present dangers of nature and the weather, together with pirates of the famed Spanish Main. - Summary by Lynne Thompson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS...
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LibriVox recording of The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Rachel; ChessKnight; Romano; deongines; Elizabeth Miller; Linda Johnson "Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise and progress of Venice." And thus begins another swashbuckling adventure by G. A. Henty. The great city-state is in trouble from Genoa and other neighboring cities, and of...
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LibriVox recording of Through Russian Snows, by G. A. Henty. Read by Gary Olman. There are few campaigns that, either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken, the completeness of its failure, or the enormous loss of life entailed, appeal to the imagination in so great a degree as that of Napoleon against Russia. Fortunately, we have in the narratives of Sir Robert Wilson, British commissioner with the Russian army, and of Count Segur, who was upon Napoleon's staff, minute...
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LibriVox recording of Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Rachel When young Frank is falsely accused of a crime, he leaves England to seek adventure in America. He joins a wagon train heading west to the California gold fields, but as he is soon to find out, the West is more than just adventure! Braving Indians, wolves, and other dangers, Frank is determined to strike it rich - and perhaps someday clear his name and return home. -...
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LibriVox recording of Beric the Briton: a Story of the Roman Invasion by G.A. Henty. Read by Gary Olman. My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were the masters of the country. The valour with which the natives of this island defended themselves was acknowledged by the Roman historians, and it was only the superior discipline of the invaders that enabled them finally to triumph over the bravery and the...
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LibriVox recording of One Of The 28th - a Tale of Waterloo, by G. A. Henty. Read by Mike Harris. A tale of Victorian-style romance, maritime battles and even the penultimate Napoleanic battle - Waterloo. (Introduction by Mike Harris) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit...
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LibriVox recording of Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Jennifer Gasiecki Set in the late twelfth century during the Third Crusade, the Norman Conquest having occured not much more than a hundred years ago, Winning His Spurs is a tale of Christian heroism. Cuthbert, a fifteen-year-old village boy whose life is rather dull, is given his life's dream when, after showing heroic bravery in saving Margaret, the daughter of the Earl of Evesham, from Wortham...
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LibriVox recording of With Cortez in Mexico, or By Right of Conquest by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Ryan Cherrick; deongines; jenno In perhaps the most audacious military enterprise in the history of human conquest, Cortez, with only a few hundred men, conquered a civilization of tens of thousands. This is the story of an Englishman who boards a merchant ship destined for the New World, but a shipwreck strands him in Pre-Columbian Mexico, and Roger must find a way to avoid becoming one of...
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LibriVox recording of With Moore at Corunna by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Charles P. Sapp Terrence O’Conner, Son of an officer in the “Mayo Fusiliers,” joins as an ensign when the regiment is called out to Portugal to fight the French in the Peninsular War. Terrence quickly distinguishes himself in early battles and is with Sir John Moore when that general invaded Spain. General Moore was forced to retreat to the town of Corunna where the British beat the French and then retreated on...
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LibriVox recording of Colonel Thorndyke's Secret, by G. A. Henty. Read by Librivox volunteers. Intrigue, murder, highwaymen... A British soldier serving in India has stolen a diamond bracelet from a Hindu idol. The bracelet comes into the possession of Colonel Thorndyke, who is subsequently sent home to England, where he dies of wounds received and bequeaths the bracelet to his relatives, having told his brother about it, but not its location. Meanwhile, the theft has caused a stir in India,...
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LibriVox recording of True to the Old Flag, by G. A. Henty "This book tells the story of the American war of Independence from the side of the British. The old flag mentioned in the title is the flag of England. This is a book for young readers, but - as a good book should be - everybody can enjoy it". (Summary by Stav Nisser) For further information, including links to M4B audio book, online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to...
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.72686 dc.contributor.author: G A Henty dc.date.accessioned: 2015-06-30T13:24:25Z dc.date.available: 2015-06-30T13:24:25Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 0000-00-00 dc.date.citation: 1936 dc.identifier.barcode: 2020050079723 dc.identifier.origpath: /data7/upload/0175/930 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/72686 dc.description.numberedpages: 383 dc.description.numberedpages: 9...
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.274663 dc.contributor.author: G. A. Henty dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-29T19:54:38Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-29T19:54:38Z dc.identifier.barcode: 05990010895942 dc.identifier.origpath: /data58/upload/0097/659 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/274663 dc.description.scannerno: 20003535 dc.description.scanningcentre: IIIT, Allahabad dc.description.main: 1 dc.description.tagged: 0...
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LibriVox recording of Dash for Khartoum by G. A. Henty. Read in English by deongines; KHand; Heidi Olson When a nursemaid mixes up her baby boy and the baby of the family she works for, the family decides to keep both. Years later, the nursemaid returns, intent on using the boys to get money. When the boy she chooses first refuses to help and instead runs away, his adopted family is willing to do everything they can to rescue him. But will it be enough when war threatens in the Sudan--the...
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LibriVox recording of The Cat of Bubastes , by G. A. Henty. Read by David Leeson. G.A. Henty’s “tale of ancient Egypt” tells the story of Amuba, prince of the Rebu, who is taken captive when his people are conquered by the Egyptians, and then becomes the servant and companion of Chebron, son of the high priest of Osiris. A mystery unfolds as the lads find evidence of a murderous conspiracy within the ranks of the priesthood; but they must then flee for their lives when they...
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.83030 dc.contributor.author: G A Henty dc.date.accessioned: 2015-06-30T17:48:49Z dc.date.available: 2015-06-30T17:48:49Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 0000-00-00 dc.date.citation: 1904 dc.identifier.barcode: 2020050083779 dc.identifier.origpath: /data7/upload/0167/665 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/83030 dc.description.numberedpages: 384 dc.description.numberedpages: 6...
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LibriVox recording of In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy by G. A. Henty. Read in English by J L Raimundo; Eden Rea-Hedrick; Ryan Cherrick Like all Henty books, this one centers around a young English lad whose courtesy and courage win the day. Harry Sandwith travels to France to serve a French Marquis, despite the rumblings of a revolution. Follow along to benefit from a wholesome story full of historical facts in good, old Henty fashion. (Introduction by Jenn Raimundo)...
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LibriVox recording of Bonnie Prince Charlie: a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Ryan Cherrick; Rachel; Adele de Pignerolles; Bria Snow This is a tale of the son of a Scottish officer, who gets arrested for helping a Jacobite agent. Set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland in 1755, the boy escapes and makes it to France and shares some adventures with Prince Charlie. - Summary by Ann Boulais For further information, including links to online text, reader...
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LibriVox recording of A Knight of the White Cross by G. A. Henty. Read in English by pmstrahm. Adventure, pirates, a young orphan finds a place with a legendary order of knights. Fighting on sea and land to defend his people from barbaric slavers. Summary by Peter Strahm. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to...
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Henty immersed himself in the historical records of many nations and times. This book is the first in chronology of Hentyâs tales, circa 1250 B.C. Egypt dominated the ancient world for centuries and Henty gives his young readers unsurpassed insight into the domestic life, customs, religion, and military system of that ancient kingdom. Amuba, a prince of the Rebu nation on the shores of the Caspian sea, is carried with his charioteer Jethro into slavery after losing a vicious battle with the...
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.226984 dc.contributor.author: G A Henty dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-10T15:37:33Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-10T15:37:33Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2007-04-15 dc.date.citation: 1901 dc.identifier.barcode: 5990010122293 dc.identifier.origpath: /rawdataupload/upload/0122/295 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/226984 dc.description.scannerno: 11 dc.description.scanningcentre: IIIT, Allahabad...
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LibriVox recording of At Agincourt - White Hoods of Paris , by G. A. Henty. Read by Mike Harris The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie. The times were troublous, and soon the king compelled Lady Margaret de Villeroy, with her children, to go to Paris as hostages. Guy Aylmer went with her. Paris was turbulent. Soon the guild of the butchers, adopting white hoods as their uniform, seized the city, and besieged the house where our hero and his charges lived. After desperate...
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LibriVox recording of At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War by G. A. Henty. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. The story of the war in which the power of the great Mahratta confederacy was broken ended in the firm establishment of the British Empire the Indian Peninsula. When the struggle began, the Mahrattas were masters of no small portion of India; their territory comprising the whole country between Bombay and Delhi, and stretching down from Rajputana to Allahabad;...
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LibriVox recording of With Frederick The Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War , by G. A. Henty. Read by Gary Olman Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as that of the Seven Years' War, maintained by Prussia--then a small and comparatively insignificant kingdom--against Russia, Austria, and France simultaneously, who were aided also by the forces of most of the minor principalities of Germany....
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.82560 dc.contributor.author: G A Henty dc.date.accessioned: 2015-06-30T17:35:44Z dc.date.available: 2015-06-30T17:35:44Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 0000-00-00 dc.date.citation: 1900 dc.identifier.barcode: 2020050076305 dc.identifier.origpath: /data7/upload/0167/241 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/82560 dc.description.numberedpages: 384 dc.description.scanningcentre: RMSC, IIIT-H...
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LibriVox recording of On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War (1897), by G. A. Henty. Read by Mike Harris With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal--in proportion to the number of those engaged--as our first expedition to Burma. It was undertaken without any due comprehension of the difficulties to be encountered, from the effects of climate and the deficiency of transport; the power, and still more the...
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LibriVox recording of Among Malay Pirates and Other Tales of Peril and Adventure, by G. A. Henty. G. A . Henty was a prolific writer of historical fiction for young adults. In this collection of shorter stories we visit Malay pirates, have a couple of tales of India, a shipwreck off the Channel Islands and a bursting dam in California, and finish off escaping from captivity in China (Summary by annise) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD...
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LibriVox recording of St. George for England, by G. A. Henty A tale written for children in 1885. It tells of a child of noble birth whose parents have fallen foul of the current royalty. He is placed in hiding and grows up with a bowyer and then apprenticed to an armourer just outside the gates of the City of London. He becomes accomplished in arms and joins the campaign in France where we see the battles of Crecy and Poitiers through his eyes. A tale of heroism and 14th century viciousness....
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LibriVox recording of In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Rachel; Lynne T; MaryAnnS; Jeremiah Sutherland; Mike Pelton; deongines; Gloria Begemann; Joseph Tabler; Mary in Arkansas; Kathleen Moore; GabrielleC In this adventure story by the novelist and war correspondent, G.A. Henty, Desmond Kennedy, a young Irishman flees political oppression and religious persecution at home to serve in the French armies of Louis XIV. We join Desmond and...
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LibriVox recording of Tales from the Works of G.A.Henty by G. A. Henty. Read in English by John-Paul Nelson; Gillian Hendrie; aniroo; Scott Kelley; ToddHW; Rachel; Patrick Saville; ChessKnight; Dale Grothmann; Lynne T George Alfred Henty was an English newspaper correspondent who became a prolific author of, predominantly, adventure stories for boys. Most were based on true historical events. In this volume, published posthumously, we are presented with thirteen signature stories taken from...
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LibriVox recording of With Lee in Virginia by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Ryan Cherrick; Khaghbboommm Vincent Wingfield is the son of a wealthy Virginian planter. When the country goes to war, he enlists in the cavalry, and sees action under the various generals commanding the army in and near Virginia. He has several private adventures as well, including a personal enemy, prison escape, rescue of a young lady, spying expedition, and recovery of a stolen slave. He rises in rank in the...
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LibriVox recording of The Dragon and the Raven, by G. A. Henty. Read by Mike Harris. During the reign of King Alfred, Danish forces have invaded the English countryside. Although the English try to repulse these attacks, they are overrun by the savagery and sheer numbers of the Danes. One of those deeply touched by these attacks is young Edmund. As a boy, he watched as his father was slain in battle fighting the Danes. Although young, he was intelligent, and noted the mistakes made on the...
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Librivox recording of St. Bartholomew's Eve by G. A. Henty. Read by Anna Christensen. Set in the days of the religious wars of Europe, St. Bartholomew's Eve is the tale of the Huguenot's desperate fight for freedom of worship in France. As the struggle intensifies the plot thickens, culminating in the dreadful Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve. Henty, "The Boy's Own Storyteller" weaves the life and adventures of Philip Fletcher and his cousin, Francois DeLaville, into the historical...
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LibriVox recording of With Clive in India, by G. A. Henty. Read by Gary Olman. With Clive in India gives a vivid picture of the wonderful events of the ten years, which at their commencement saw Madras in the hands of the French--Calcutta at the mercy of the Nabob of Bengal--and English influence apparently at the point of extinction in India--and which ended in the final triumph of the English, both in Bengal and Madras. There were yet great battles to be fought, great efforts to be made,...
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LibriVox recording of Under Wellington’s Command by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Charles P. Sapp Under Wellington's Command is the sequel to With Moore at Corunna. The book picks up where the last book left off when Portugal is freed from the French in 1809. Terence O'Connor is still in command of the Minho regiment of Portuguese, and serves with distinction on detached duty in harassing the French and gaining information. His command being on the edge the allied army, is constantly...
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